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Lottery Process & Waitlist Information

The Annual March Enrollment Lottery for the 2026-2027 school year will be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 12pm sharp via Zoom. All applicants will receive Zoom information ahead of the lottery. Note: Applicants do not need to attend the lottery for consideration.

 

About the Lottery Process

 

Charter school enrollment is gained through a lottery process. In order to apply for a lottery, a parent or guardian must submit an application by the scheduled deadline. 

 

Applications may be submitted online for your convenience. All applications must have a valid Massachusetts address listed as their permanent residence, and to which all communications will be mailed to be eligible for the lottery.  Apply for Our Lottery * This is the easiest way for you to apply for our lottery.  Please retain your email receipt for future reference and proof of successful submission.  

 

If you are unable to apply online, applications may also be submitted in person at the Admissions Office of the school during regular school hours.  An application will be considered received when a receipt from the school is received by the parent.

 

All applications received via regular mail will not be processed and will be returned to sender.

 

Central Office Hours:

  • School year hours 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • Vacation and Summer hours 8:00 a.m. –1:30 p.m.
  • School holidays, Office Closed

 

*Applications for enrollment are available beginning October 15th and are due each year by 3 p.m. on the Friday before February break. Secondary Lotteries may be held and publicized as available.

Lottery Results and Waitlist
 
All lottery results and your child's waitlist standing can be found in your SchoolMint Guardian Account. 
 
All questions regarding wait list standings should be addressed in writing directly to the Admissions Department via email
 
An admissions department staff member will respond in the order in which your question was received.
For Randolph and Boston Families Entering the Lottery
 

We appreciate your interest in our school, however, due to statutory limitations on enrollment, we are unable to offer seats to Randolph or Boston residents at this time. We will process your application through our lottery and add Randolph and Boston students to the waitlist. However, we will be unable to offer seats to Randolph students who are not siblings of students currently enrolled until we are advised by the state that the we have approval to do so. Randolph and Boston students on the waitlist will remain on the waitlist until guidance from the state changes.

 

Once we receive approval from the state and there is an opening at our school, we will reach out to those who are at the top of the waitlist.

 

Please contact our Admissions Office via email at [email protected] should you have any questions.